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Feedback, group-level processes, and systems approaches in human evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Agustin Fuentes
Agustin Fuentes*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556. [email protected]://anthropology.nd.edu/faculty-staff/fuentes_agustin/index.shtml
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Abstract

An explicit role for emergent group-level traits, social role diversification, and coordination makes good sense when thinking about human evolution. To most effectively understand these and other facets, we need to move toward an integrative model that assumes niche construction and encompasses positive feedback systems at individual, subgroup and larger group levels, demographic processes, and local ecologies.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 259 - 260
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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